Energy Upgrade California™ helps Los Angeles County homeowners make home upgrades to reduce energy use, conserve resources and create more comfortable and efficient homes. Participating homeowners may be eligible for up to $6,500 in rebates and incentives.

The program offers an online “one-stop-shop” to guide you through the upgrade process:

Selecting a package that suits your project

Finding an energy advisor or contractor to do the work

Applying for rebates, incentives or financing to help pay for it

Who can participate?

Single-family homeowners

New construction is not eligible. Renters are not eligible. The multi-family residential buildings program is currently full and is not accepting applications at this time.

Energy Upgrade California in Los Angeles County is an alliance among Los Angeles County, Southern California Edison and Southern California Gas Company. The Energy Upgrade California incentives and rebates will vary in the cities of Los Angeles, Pasadena, Glendale, Burbank, Long Beach, Azusa and some utility energy efficiency retrofit rebates/incentives are available. For residents of the City of Los Angeles, the Los Angeles Department of Water & Power and Southern California Gas Company will provide a local rebate/incentive for some home energy upgrades. For more information about rebates and incentives currently available to residents served by the Los Angeles Department of Water & Power, please contact 1-800-DIAL-DWP (1-800-342-5397) or Southern California Gas Company at 1-800-427-2200.

Did you know that green upgrades can increase the value of your home up to 9% and save you money! Click on our case studies below to see how these families are saving money!

Water is the only substance found on earth naturally in three forms: solid, liquid and gas.

If you drink your daily recommended 8 glasses of water per day from the tap, it will cost you about 50 cents per year. If you choose to drink it from water bottles, it can cost you up to $1,400 dollars.

A running toilet can waste up to 200 gallons of water per day.

Taking a bath requires up to 70 gallons of water. A five-minute shower uses only 10 to 25 gallons.

The average faucet flows at a rate of 2 gallons per minute. You can save up to four gallons of water every morning by turning off the faucet while you brush your teeth.

At 50 gallons per day, residential Europeans use about half of the water that residential Americans use.

Americans use more water each day by flushing the toilet than they do by showering or any other activity.

American residents use about 100 gallons of water per day.

It takes seven and a half years for the average American residence to use the same amount of water that flows over the Niagara Falls in one second (750,000 gallons).

It takes six and a half years for the average American residence to use the amount of water required to fill an Olympic-sized swimming pool (660,000 gallons).

In one year, the average American residence uses over 100,000 gallons (indoors and outside).

Nearly one-half of the water used by Americans is used for thermoelectric power generation.

Approximately 400 billion gallons of water are used in the United States per day.

Water boils quicker in Denver, Colorado than in New York City.

If all of the water vapor in the Earth’s atmosphere fell at once, distributed evenly, it would only cover the earth with about an inch of water.

There is more fresh water in the atmosphere than in all of the rivers on the planet combined.

A ten meter rise in sea levels due to melting glaciers would flood 25% of the population of the United States.

Water can dissolve more substances than any other liquid including sulfuric acid.

Water covers 70.9% of the Earth’s surface.

1.7% of the world’s water is frozen and therefore unusable.

30% of fresh water is in the ground.

68.7% of the fresh water on Earth is trapped in glaciers.

The water found at the Earth’s surface in lakes, rivers, streams, ponds, and swamps makes up only 0.3% of the world’s fresh water.

Only 3% of Earth’s water is fresh water. 97% of the water on Earth is salt water.

A couple of quick calls to mail order catalog companies can free your mailbox from piles of junk. Switch to online bill paying to cut down on even more paper waste.

A little less heat saves energy. Resist the temptation to crank the heat in chilly weather. Instead, throw on a sweater and keep your thermostat at an energy-efficient 68 degrees F.

Use a fan instead of air conditioning. A fan uses significantly less energy than a conventional air conditioner, plus it produces no fluorocarbons and even requires less energy to manufacture.

Use the grade of motor oil recommended by your car's manufacturer. Using a different motor oil can lower your gasoline mileage by 1% to 2%.

Check into telecommuting, carpooling and public transit to cut mileage and car maintenance costs.

Reduce drag by placing items inside the car or trunk rather than on roof racks. A loaded roof rack can decrease your fuel economy by 5% or more.

If you are going to be away for more than 5 minutes, turn your lights off, even if they are fluorescent. The startup cost of fluorescent lighting is minimal compared to leaving the lights on for 5 minutes or longer.

Consider using task lighting (desk lamps) when possible; reducing the need for overhead lighting in the room.

Natural light should be used whenever possible; avoid turning on overhead lights when they are not needed.

Opt out of junk mail by contacting the company and asking to be taken off the list.

Whenever possible, replace disposal products with reusable ones.

Make sure your tires are inflated to the proper pressure to improve your gas mileage.